The Irish standard., 1887-04-02
MEssRs. BEAuPRE, KEoGH & co.
It is Worthy Of Note that the Lishmen Of
the Bluff City Take an Active In
terest in Irish Affairs.
MATTHIAS BREEN

gentleman wherever you find him. His
experience in St. Paul extends oyer
period of nineteen years, during which
time he has gained most extensive
acquaintance not only in that city but
throughout the State in general. Mr..
Breen has an Office at the corner of
Fourth and Wabasha. Among the
buildings erected by him may be men
toned the new court house, market
house, high school, Drake block, insane
asylum at St. Peter, and Anoka court
house. The famous Kasota and St.
Cloud granite quarries are in his
charge, and in season he employs from
three to four hundred men. He is of a
liberal disposition, and is a member of
the Irish Catholic Benevolent Union of
America.
MEssRs. BEAUPRE, KEOGH & co.
can we'll be said to be among the largest
wholesale grocers in the Northwest.
The senior member of the firm began
business in st. Paul, in 1856, and it Is
said of him that he is the father Of the
wholesale grocery business in that city.
He was founder of the firm of Beaupre,
Kelly & Co., now p. HI. Kelly & Co.
Mr.. Beaupre sold his entire interest to
z. H. Kelly in 1866. Following this he
became partner of P. F. McQuillan,
the well-known grocer of that period,
the firm name thereupon changing to
McQuillan & Co. Mr.. Frank Keogh,
who first appeared in the grocery busi-
ness in St. Paul in 1865, became mem
ber Of the firm of McQuillan & Go. in
1870. Mr.. J. F. Broderick, who travelled
in the interests of McQuillan & Co.
from 1874 to 1881, became partner of
the present firm in the last named year.
Some years ago the firm of Beaupre,
Keogh & Co. succeeded that of Nc
QuilIan & Co. The business Of this
firm extends midway between st. Paul
and Chicago, both to the east and south;
the firm of Beaupre & Keogh covers
also all the northern territory, includ-
ing the British possessions. They en-
ploy fifteen travelling statesmen, and
fully one hundred others find work in
various OCCUPATIONS about their exten-
sive establishment. The gentlemen who
control the destinies of the firm are
conservative business men-men who
have been liberal in assisting others to
build up in business in different direc-
tions during the past twenty-five years.
Mr.. Keogh is of Irish parentage and
was born in Galena, while Mr.. Brod-
erick is from the ''old sod.''
THOMAS BRENNAN,
an extensive lumber dealer, whose of.
flee is at 412 Kittson street, is another
Of st. Paul's long list Of respected Irish.
men. Mr.. Brennan is one of that class
of men that Time never changes. Day
in and out always finds him the same
unassuming, unpretentious gentleman
in manner and in action. He is an old
resident Of st. Paul, man of thorough
business attainments, having large
circle of friends and acquaintances not
only at home but throughout the State
as we'll. To speaI of him as most gen
erous citizen would be truth no one
would, gainsay. To give and give quietly
towards any deserving need is character
istic of his sturdy nature. Thousands
of others, like the writer, who know
him only from reputation, could speak
of him in the same honest and earnest
manner.
MICHAEL O'TOOLE,
the subject of this sketch, was born
in Ireland about thirty-five years
ago. He is a thorough Irish Ma.
tionalist, and was connected with Irish
revolutionary movements in Ireland
when only boy. He came to this coun-
try about twenty years ago and has
proved himself a good and useful citi-
zen. Mr.. O'Toole came to St. Paul
about ten years ago and worked steadily
as a laboring man, saving small COM
petence therefrom. Immediately fol-
lowing we find him in Montana en-
ployed as a contractor on the Northern
Pacific road, where he succeeded well
financially. Returning to st. Paul he
invested his money in real estate-in-
vestments that have placed him up in
the scale in the worlds goods. He
married Miss Margaret Sexton in 1882,
and the home Of the father, mother and
children is a most pleasant one. Aa q